I have 3 gigabyte boards, one was buggered then I soon found out how useless gigabyte tech/rma was, thankfully ncix still had a 1yr coverage on that board, ncix swapped it out (10 months after purchase) and the new one has been fine for 3 yrs.

I still buy gigabyte but I don't count on any service from them, hence gigabyte doesn't get more than $100 or less per board outta my pocket.

i was lucky when ncix covered boards a few years ago lol i was averaging 1 gigabyte rma a month